Honeywort
Honeywort on a sea dyke,
Walberswick, Suffolk
Flowers tilted view
Open and unopenned flower- from below
5-petalled bell-shaped corolla tube
Stamen insertion and filiform style
Greysh, fleshy leaves
Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens'
Boraginaceae
Blue Shrimp Plant, Wax flower
June to September
It is a garden plant that sometimes escapes into the wild.
The pictures shown here were taken on a dyke along the
river Blythe estuary in Walberswick, Suffolk.
A much larger example was found as a casual in a hedge
on Bryher, in the Scilly Islands.
See the BSBI distribution map for Honeywort
It is an escaped neophyte which grows on a variety of
habitats.
Those shown here were growin in coastal soils - gravel,
shingle and sandy beaches.
Honeywort is a non-native bushy herb with grey-blue
fleshy leaves.
Flowers are bell-shaped.
The corolla (6mm) is formed from 5 fleshy petals,
which are blue, pink or purple.
The calyx has 5 ovate, toothed lobes.
Stamens are attached towards the top of the corolla
tube.
The style is filiform.
Leaves are blue-grey, fleshy and oval - 2-6cm long.
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Honeywort on a sea dyke,
Walberswick, Suffolk
Flowers tilted view
Open and unopenned flower- from below
5-petalled bell-shaped corolla tube
Stamen insertion and filiform style
Greysh, fleshy leaves
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